So I just bought a copy of the live Melvins disc a couple of days ago, and threw it on during the trip home from work tonight, and I have to ask (since there are a fair number of Patton/Ipecac archivists/completists/apologists here): was there some pressing reason for releasing this twaddle, or is it pretty much the twenty-dollar joke on the audience that it sounds like? Thankfully, the other purchase of the day, Emergency's Loveman Plays Psychedelic Swing, has been a much better listen thus far (I've heard about half of it today): electric country/blues versions of jazz standards, with a bit of room for all of the players to stretch out and take a not-totally-wanky solo here and there. I'm almost picturing Barry Adamson taking a run at Ground-Zero's Plays Standards album shortly after cranking out... what was that movie soundtrack of his called? The one that was literally all dust devils and people getting shot in the desert? "Delusion"? The first of the disc reminds me of that. -me